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What do you call all the visible and non-visible colors of light?
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∙ 13y ago
the electromagnetic spectrum
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What do you call the different wavelengths within the visible light band?
colors
What do you call the mixture of 7 colors?
visible spectrum
Why do the colors split up in the spectrum?
White light can be split up into lots of different coloured light waves using a prism. We call this range of colours the visible spectrum.
Why do the colors in the electromagnetic spectrum split up?
White light can be split up into lots of different coloured light waves using a prism. We call this range of colours the visible spectrum.
Who invented visible light?
Visible light doesn't have to be invented. Light is a naturally occurring phenomenon under some circumstances, and the part that us humans can see we call "visible light".
Which portion of the electromagnetic spectum can be viewed with the bare human eye?
The visible light spectrum (wavelengths from 380 to 700 nanometers)
What do you call a prism spreading out light into colors?
It is called Visible light Spectrum.
How do you find the color of light?
A prism will doToo generic a question. "Light" as we generally call it encompasses all the colors. You can however separate the frequencies of visible light with a simple prism.For a wider band of light outside the visual range you would need a spectrometer.
What is the light called that the retina can detect?
"visible light." it has a shorter wavelength than other light types. "visible light." it has a shorter wavelength than other light types.
Why do you call the visible light part of the EMS visible light?
Because it's comprised of the band of wavelengths that the human eye can detect, that is, wavelengths that are 'visible' to human beings.
What is visible sun radiation?
Visible means that you can see it.All the light from the sun that you can see is the visible solar radiation.The sunlight is seen as white light, but it is made of all the colors.A prism or a rainbow breaks the white light apart into all the colors that it is made of.An example of invisible solar radiation (you can't see it) is the ultraviolet light that gives you a tan or sun burn.Another type of invisible solar radiation is infrared light that you feel as the warmth of the sun.
What do you call a band of colors when light passes through a prism?
There are more than seven but only seven are visible. They are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, and the one that cant be seen is ultra-violet.
